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As part of the Army 2020 plans, most units based in Germany will return to the UK and the QDG is scheduled to move to Swanton Morley, Norfolf by 2015.[SUP][/SUP] They will re-role as "light cavalry", using Jackal Vehicles

You might have your wires crossed a bit there. QDG is in Sennelager, moving to Swanton Morely. LD is currently in Swanton Morely, moving to Catterick.

The Light Cavalry (Lt Cav) role is not the same as the Infantry role. However, both will be trained to the same standards of Dismounted Close Combat (DCC). The role is discussed at some length elsewhere on Arrse, but is very much still in development, so don't expect very many people to have a good handle on exactly what it is until about this time next year.

MIA

Not at all. LD were pencilled in to move to Sennelager about four - six years ago and Robertson Bks would close, but when Osnabruck closed, somebody probably decided that it was cheaper (key) and easier to move QDG from Traz to Paders than to move them to the UK and LD to Paders ( = Sennelager - same difference).

Now, as you say, QDG will move to Swanton Morley when LD move to Catterick, but now, QDG will get the clapped out old blocks that LD had, to make up for QDG stealing LD's posting. Crossed wires? Not at all. So now instead od an Old Comrades weekend back in the greatest posting ever in BAOR, I get next time to visit Catterick. Nice. Good for a lot of the old and bold though.

LE

Not at all. LD were pencilled in to move to Sennelager about four - six years ago and Robertson Bks would close, but when Osnabruck closed, somebody probably decided that it was cheaper (key) and easier to move QDG from Traz to Paders than to move them to the UK and LD to Paders ( = Sennelager - same difference).

Now, as you say, QDG will move to Swanton Morley when LD move to Catterick, but now, QDG will get the clapped out old blocks that LD had, to make up for QDG stealing LD's posting. Crossed wires? Not at all. So now instead od an Old Comrades weekend back in the greatest posting ever in BAOR, I get next time to visit Catterick. Nice. Good for a lot of the old and bold though.

I believe that all phase 2 training for what will become the three Lt Cav Regts is currently CVR(T), Formation/Brigade Recce based. I.e. soldiers and newly commissioned officers from those three regiments (including the formally armoured SCOTS DG) go off and learn to be FR/BRR soldiers/Tp Ldrs, which clearly involves learning to operate CVR(T). At the moment, Lt Cav specific Ph2 courses are being developed, that will teach JACKAL instead of CVR(T). Until those courses are in place, the platform will remain CVR(T), in the absence of any better one, recognising that they need to be trained to conduct mounted manoeuvre on something. I don't know the timeline for the Lt Cav courses.

LE

No. RDG is to become an Armoured Cavalry (Armd Cav) regiment, which is (currently) a bit like Formation Recce/Brigade Recce; they will hang onto CVR(T) for the moment and continue to do the dismounted bits and pieces that FR Regts/BRRs current do. However the mounted element of this capability will get a significant enhancement with the introduction of FRES SV Scout, which will be a major improvement on CVR(T). Armd Cav regiments will not do the BRF type activity in the future, as this will to fall to the Lt Cav Regts. Armd Cav Regts also don't have a slice of their (official/complete) ORBATs made up from the TA.